Lead Web DeveloperWordPress · React · Front-end & back-end · UX
Seeking a full-time remote Senior or Lead Web Developer role. I bring 20 years of WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, and UX experience, with hands-on development and team leadership from discovery through launch. This portfolio demonstrates my React work.
Professional experience
- 2021
Lead Web Developer
Led 35+ website builds from discovery and technical scoping through architecture, development, QA, launch, and support. Managed two in-house developers and approximately four remote developers.
Helped reduce typical WordPress development timelines from approximately 10 weeks to four through a reusable component approach.
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- Established a component-driven WordPress approach that helped reduce typical development timelines from approximately 10 weeks to four.
- Led client discovery, content architecture, integrations, migrations, and production launches.
- 2018
Lead UX Developer
Served as the agency’s go-to resource for UX and digital development. Partnered with the VP of Digital Solutions to improve processes and help transition from print-focused practices to digital-first delivery.
Created shared style guides and component libraries, and trained cross-functional teams as the agency moved toward digital-first delivery.
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- Created style guides, component libraries, CSS patterns, and reusable modules.
- Trained cross-functional teams on UX practices and workflow efficiencies.
- 2014
Senior Interactive Developer
Developed responsive websites using PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and WordPress, contributing to strategy from project inception.
Delivered more than 200 email and digital banner templates alongside responsive website development.
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- Served as strategist and lead developer on multiple award-winning responsive website projects.
- Developed more than 200 email and digital banner templates.
- 2013
Lead Web Developer
Managed development and optimization of a multimillion-dollar ecommerce website, including analytics, usability, and relational SQL databases.
Led A/B testing that increased average daily sales from approximately $18K to $23K.
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- Led a user-centered A/B testing initiative that increased average daily sales from approximately $18K to $23K.
- Used analytics and user behavior to identify conversion opportunities.
Earlier experience
A foundation in design.
A career built on the web.
- 2011–2013
Independent
Web Designer / Developer
- 2007–2010
Network Solutions
Web Designer III
- 2006–2007
MidAmerica Web
Web Designer
Technical skills
WordPress
Built custom themes, content models, ACF modules, and templates across agency website projects.
- Custom themes
- ACF & Flexible Content
- Gutenberg blocks with ACF
- Custom post types & taxonomies
- WP All Import
- WP Engine
Front-end & back-end
PHP, JavaScript, and SQL experience includes custom websites and ecommerce. This portfolio demonstrates React and TypeScript implementation.
- React
- PHP
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS / SCSS
- SQL
- Git
- Responsive development
Design & UX
Translated Figma designs into responsive websites and created shared style guides and component libraries.
- Figma-to-code
- Design tokens
- Component libraries
- Accessibility
- UX best practices
Leadership & delivery
Led 35+ builds at FINAO, with client discovery, technical direction, developer management, and production delivery.
- Discovery
- Architecture
- Estimation
- Developer management
- Code review
- QA
- Migrations
- Launches
Integrations & optimization
Managed CRM and analytics integrations, content migrations, performance work, and ongoing WordPress maintenance.
- CRM integrations
- WP All Import
- Google Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Core Web Vitals
- WordPress security
Education
Hickey College · Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Business Management, 2007
Hickey College · Specialized Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design, 2005